To cultivate hope, people need three things, Zaki said: They first need to be able to envision a better future, either ...

If you feel certain your preferred candidate will lose the presidential election, that AI is coming for your job or that climate change is going to destroy humanity, then you have fallen prey to a ...

Cynicism is all around us; it’s contagious, and it can permeate an entire generation’s thinking quickly. Young people today are faced with mental health, physical health, social, democracy and climate ...

Thompson has the words "yes" and "no" tattooed on opposite arms. "I'm constantly wrestling with ... my cynicism and my optimism," she says. In addition to Hedda, she stars in the series His & Hers.

Sarcasm is defined as “a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark,” while being cynical is defined as “bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic.” Cynicism and sarcasm ...

Let’s be honest: Cynicism has a certain appeal. It makes us feel sharp. Sophisticated. Ahead of the curve. In a world filled with spin, scams, and sugar-coated corporate speak, being cynical can feel ...

Cynicism is on the rise. Should that come as any surprise given today’s divisive global conflicts and our fraught political landscape? Even the weather seems like it’s out to get us. Americans are ...

When I was 11, I was asked by my 4-H agent, Sarah Jane Lindsey, to give a short speech at our 4-H Spring Kick-Off event. I was one of four people and the other three were all in high school. Yikes!

If anything can halt the spread of the ‘ism’ that robs us of hope, trust, and agency, it’s the philosophy that is the rhetorical equivalent of a dog’s bark. The defining “ism” of our age is neither ...

Matt Reed’s recent column in Inside Higher Ed captures a profound challenge: how to teach American Government in a moment when so many students arrive in the classroom deeply skeptical of politics and ...